Welcome to College
Autobot's Disperse
Super long chapter, YAY! So I decided to start with Saturday, they have extra circular activities on some saturdays, classes will come monday (for them). I also will be using their cybertronian names, which people think are nicknames. But anyways, Enjoy!
The Next Day: 0900 hours, AUTOBOT FRATERNITY HOUSE
Everyone sat in the living area silently, not a word was spoken. They all looked to the hallway when they saw Optimus walking out and to a lonesome chair. He sat down and looked to everyone with seriousness and tiredness in his eyes.
"What have you all found?" He asked forcing back a yawn. SmokeScreen stood up and wabbled a little bit before sitting back down.
"I learned that humans need more sleep than cybertronians." He yawned loudly and bumblebee who was sitting next to him glared while rubbing his ear.
"This is a school of course, and I have found out by intensive research that we have been enrolled into it." Ratchet said handing everyone a piece of paper containing their information. "I may not be your leader but I strongly advise that we split up and find out more about what we have to do. But today is saturday so we have been enrolled into extra curricular activities that will keep us busy, since we have nothing better to do."
"I strongly agree Ratchet, we will all split up and go our separate ways today, be out no later than 9:00. We will meet back here then." Optimus got up from his space and tried to confidently walk back to his room, but it was with sleepless fail.
Saturday: 01000 hours, Ultra Magnus, LeaderShip hall.
The Autobot Second in Command walked into the small building and went to room 15B, the room his slip said to go. Once he got there he knocked on the door and waited. Seconds later a man around 19 opened the door and smiled.
"You must be Magnus, our new leadership counselor."
"Your wha-?" Before he could finish he was pulled into the room and sat down at a chair. He looked around to see young teens staring at him intently. "I- uh." He cleared his throat. "I am Ultra Magnus, Second in command of the Autobots." The teens smiled and leaned in. "I am new here at the... Ahem... College, and am looking forward to spend my time amongst you all..." Everyone still stared and he felt like thousands of eyes were baring into his soul. "Uhhh, why don't be start with introductions, how about why you are all here." A kid in the back dressed in leather pants, jacket and boots stood up.
"We're what you would call delinquents. We like trouble and lots of it, we're supposedly here to get straightened up by you. Ultra Magnus." He spit out his name and made Magnus glare. He watched as the kid sat down and put his arm around a girl who was smacking gum.
"Everyone UP!" All the kids shot up at his voice and looked to him. "Girls over here." He said pointing to his right, "And boys over here." He then pointed to his left. Everyone parted except for the boy who had stood up and his girlfriend. Magnus walked over to him and spread them apart by the push of his hands, a few kids whispered, but once he looked over they shut up. "As I said girls over here." The girl growled and walked over to her friends. "You." He said pointing to the boy who had opened the door. "You a delinquent or helper."
"H-helper S-sir." He said trying to salute, but his had was shaking a bit.
"Get all the desks and set them up row by row, but make sure there is a large gap between the boys and girls." He walked back to the front of the room smiling, poor kids they don't know who they got. "Alright Soldiers. By the time you finish this." He rounded his hand trying to think. "Course, you will be so changed not even your own ca-mother will recognize you." A boy who had a bull ring around his nose spoke up.
"Ya and how are you gonna do that!?" He had a snerky tone in his voice. Ultra Magnus walked over to him and pulled his ring down making the boy yelp.
"Well, soldier. First I'm going to make you get rid of your Jewelry. ALL of YOU!" He let the kid go, walked to the back and turned around. " And your gum will not be permitted in here..." He eyed everyone intently "...I don't have all day." The kids scurried to get their jewelry off of themselves and their gum spit out, his assistant then had them set it into a basket. "From now on, you can only wear small studded earrings, or else it goes to me." They all nodded as they walked over to their new desk formation, he now was glad he had tried that movie marathon with bee, Bulkhead and the humans, he could use knowing this world to his advantage. Magnus walked down the gap and stopped at the boys girlfriend, and held out his hand, she rolled her eyes and spit out her second piece of gum into it. He then walked to the desk and sat on it throwing the gum into trash. "Let's get started."
Saturday: 01000 hours, WheelJack, Gym
WheelJack looked to his paper and to the room. It was it alright, but it was locked. He pushed, pulled and shoved but nothing worked.
"Locked out?" Someone asked behind him. He turned to see a girl with copper hair and green eyes. She had on a workout outfit and jogging shoes.
"Uh. Ya..." He said embarrassed."I must've forgot my keys back at the house. haha." He put his hand behind his neck and smiled halfheartedly. "So what's your name?"
"Majesty," She said opening the door and then turning to him and lending out her hand. "Majesty Evans." he shook her hand and smiled.
"WheelJack." She gave him a funny look and he backtracked. "Nickname, but everyone called me Jackie." She thought about it for a second and then nodded her head.
"Well Jackie, are you the new martial artist trainer?" She walked in and he followed after her, he looked around and immidielty went to a pair of familiar looking katana's positioned on a shelf.
"I was wondrin where you two went." He took them off and out of their holders. "to answer your question, ya, I'm the new trainer." She set her bag down and looked to him cautiously. When he looked to her he could see worry imprinted on her face. "Don't worry, I'm safe with these." He tossed one in the air and accidentally dropped it making it banged against the floor. "That was planned." He picked it up and watched as she stifled laughter and blushed.
"maybe you should put those back, our students will be coming soon."
"Our."
"Mhm, I teach girls and you teach boys. They come here every saturday for training, some are continuing from where they left off at home and some are coming just to learn a few safety techniques.
"Who needs safety techniques when you got theses." He swung his swords around and smirked. Majesty walked up to him and pushed the swords down so she could see his face.
"Well Mr. Macho, not everyone has one of these." He smiled and put them back into their cases before setting them back onto their shelf. Once he was finished he saw the first two students walk in and go to the changing room. "Shouldn't you change?" She asked gesturing to his apparently normal attire.
"Nah, I got this."
"Ok." She said raising a brow. "But that's on your dime." Jackie watched her walk off to a separate room to get ready for the session.
"Wow!" He felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned to see a scrawny boy about 20 looking at him.
"I'd be careful of her if I were you, she's a grenade."
"Kid, I invented the grenade... Now let me see your stance."
Saturday: 01000 hours, SmokeScreen, outside track,
SmokeScreen walked to the gravel track, He looked at his card that Ratchet had given him and then to the track again.
"TrackTeam!? Come one, just because I'm fastnI get track team? Great." He was beginning to think that Ratchet had done intensive research by making the lists up himself. He looked to a group of adults who were standing before a tall and mean looking man who was going through a pad of papers. He saw him move his mouth and then yell.
"Smoke- SmokeScreen!" The rookie ran over to the men and saluted.
"Here sir!" He got awkward looks from everyone and he put down his hand.
"Where were you five minutes ago!?"
"Trying to find the track, sir.. And trying to forget this whole nightmare." He mumbled the last part and the man eyed him.
"Well since your five minutes late you ALL can run Five laps..." no one moved. "NOW!" Everyone started to run and give death glares to SmokeScreen.
"Rookie." A bulkier boy said running past him and pushing his elbow into SmokeScreens side.
"Oh that's it!" He started to pump his legs harder until he passed the man who was about his age. He decided to keep going, he made his legs move faster passing all of the other kids who were on the team. When he crossed the start line indicating that his first lap was finished he saw his captain click a time lap device and let his mouth drop open. He pushed harder and made it past the line a second time... third time... fourth time... and a fifth time. He skidded to a stop and put his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath. The captain walked up to him with a surprised look on his face.
"That's a completely new record! Five laps in five minutes, that's a minute per lap. Your the fastest man here. As the others crossed the line still on other laps the coach put his hand up telling them to stop. "We could use you in our tournaments. What'dya say rookie." The man lent out his hand and SmokeScreen shook it.
"Anytime sir... I will be proud... to win... you a trophy." He smiled saying between breaths and looked back to the others who had annoyed faces, he then saw the kid that had jabbed him roll his eyes and angrily sigh. "Maybe being human won't be so bad after all." He said silently.
Saturday: 01000 hours, Ratchet, Medical School Building
Ratchet walked into his designated classroom. It was huge with rows and rows of seats and desks, before the seats and desks was a longer desk and a few examination tables, along with sharp tools.
"This is amazing. My own classroom where people will actually listen to my lectures." He gawked at the area and smiled, it was amazing at how a bit of tweaking with the schools system got them all enrolled into the college and extra curricular. He had made all of his other teammates students with extracurricular activities on saturdays, just to keep them busy, and he made himself a teacher. Yes it seemed selfish, but he knew much more about the humans and their ways then they did, due to him being at the base 24/7 and studying them. Anyways they needed more to occupy them since they were younger, he was around 44 in human age, but he preferred to work than play. He sat down at the desk and smiled. "This will do quite nicely, if I do say so myself."
"Doctor." He looked up from his desk to see a woman who seemed about 40-42 standing near the desk. She had maple brown hair in bob-cut style, and her eyes were a glistening orange with black sleek glasses. She wore a dressy white shirt and a black knee length dress skirt, and she had on black high heels.
"Yes, how may I help you?"
"I'm your assistant/nurse, I'll be helping you with your experimentations and teaching." She let a calm smile form on her face as she lent out her hand to him. "I'm Rachel Vandera, what might your name be, the office only gave me a room number and Doctor to go by." She laughed and he let out a small chuckle.
"Ratchet." He said taking her hand. "Are you here to introduce or help today." His stricter more stubborn side started to show.
"Help, I was told that I was supposed to deliver some files to you and then make sure everything was in order."
"And where would the files be now?" She reached into her purse and pulled out a manilla folder, she then handed it to him. "Thank you." He pulled out the files and looked at them. A few minutes later he looked back up to see Rachel still starring at him. "Yes?"
"Uh.. Oh nothing, just lost in thought... I'll got fix up that room, be over there if you need me." She let out an embarrassed laugh and walked away making Ratchet shake his head and smile. He concentrated on the files that were just about the students he was going to have and the guidelines and schedule to follow. He was interrupted when a man with screaming blue hair and a smirk on his face walked in, loudly and threw a bag onto a desk.
"What Up Teach! Came to see my new classroom and teacher! You him!?"
"Young man I will not be having this recklessness in my classroom." Ratchet said barely looking up from the folder.
"Aw come on Teach, don't be so uptight! I just wanna see who I get this trimester."
"Really, because I was was waiting for monday to see you all."
"Monday Shmonday, the early bird gets the worm."
"If you are referring to me liking you because you are early, you are mistaken. I like my students Right on time, not to early, like now and not to late. Understood? I also prefer that my students not be reckless because we will be around sharp objects and people." He spoke sternly while fixing his eyes on the papers and not the mans hair. The guy huffed a sigh and walked out. "I thought these were college students, not reckless delinquents." He let a sigh escape his lips as he looked up from the paper, that he was done with, to see Rachel walking towards him.
"That is Tony, he's what colleges call a jumper. Enrolls into different classes each trimester, but never graduates. Poor kid."
"Poor alright.. Poorly annoying. He needs to get his act together or he won't be allowed in my class." She rolled her eyes at him and set one hand onto the desk and the other on her hip.
"He skips from class to class because of the teachers, their harsh in what they want and he's not exactly one to take harsh compliments."
"And you would know this how?"
"He's my brother, I try to reason with him, but."
"He won't listen, sounds like my family."
"But hey, if you help him and show him better understanding than the others, he might stay in the medical field for good."
"I do not mean to be disrespectful, but him? In the Medical field? I highly doubt he would be fit for this kind of stress." She shrugged her shoulders and made her face look innocent.
"Looks can be deceiving, I mean you look to be a better doctor, but here you are, a teacher." He frowned defeated, got up from his desk and walked to her.
"I'm closing up the room, so you can either can be stuck here until monday, or you can come and eat lunch with me... If you are to be my assistant, then I at least need to know the basics about you."
"Fair deal." She walked out with him and he locked the door, afterwards they went from the room down to a on campus restaurant.
Saturday: 01000 Hours, bumbleBee, Club building
BumbleBee walked down the vacant halls and to room 430A, he didn't know what to expect since the paper had read 'Silents Readers Club'. When he got to the room, he held the handle firmly and opened the door. He saw five other people in there, three guys and two girls, one of the girls smiled and waved at him enthusiastically and he returned the favor except without so much excitement. A boy about his age patted an empty seat and gestured for him to sit down, which he did. Another girl picked up a piece of paper and handed it to him, he read it and his eyes lit up.
'Dear Newcomer,
Here at Silent Readers Club, we are all mute, some of us do not prefer that word so we say that we cannot talk. We also love to read! Once a week we pick out a new book and have each and every one of us read it that week, then we come back the next saturday with a written summery of what it was about. We also sign a lot, so if you do not know it, Angelica will teach you. We hope you like our club and intend to stay.
Sincerely
Your fellow Silent comrades'
Bee looked back up and handed the paper back to the girl and nodded. The boys pumped their fists and gestured for a High Five. The girl who had waved to him started making things with her hands and he shook his head no. The girl leaned into the others and they nodded together. One of the boys handed him a note and he read it.
Would you like to learn Sign Language?
Bee nodded and everyone smiled. The same girl who had handed him the letter, gave him a binder of sign language and smiled happily. She then handed him a book called 'Found' and he took it along with the binder. Afterwards they all started to read their books with full concentration. BumbleBee, slowly opened his and flipped the first page. He hesitantly started reading it, but once he got past the first chapter he decided to never put the book down.
Saturday 01000 hours, Bulkhead, Volunteer Building
Bulkhead looked to the sign above the door that read
BIG BROTHER, BIG SISTER
and he looked to his paper that said the same thing. He let out a deep breath and opened the door to see children ranging from 5 to 17 running around the room and making a mess of things.
"Welcome to Big Brother, Big Sister, volunteer services. Are you... Bulkhead?.."
"Nickname." She nodded at him.
"Are you here to be a Big Brother."
"I guess, do you have anyone assigned to me?"
"Yes, we look over your profile and background to see if you can be a Big Brother or Sister, and who you would get along with." She led him to another room that had waiting children and she looked to her clipboard. Cassandra Bulvira.?" A girl with golden hair in a braid got up and slowly walked to the front of the room. The woman set her hand on her shoulder and smiled. "This is Cassandra, She is 14, is very kindhearted and outgoing. She loves Sugar, Trips and." She looked to the paper again, with a blank face. "Is that all you put?"
"Yes, I didn't want my new older sibling to be overwhelmed at what I wanted to do." The woman frowned and pushed her to the door.
"Cassandra, why don't you go get your backpack and we'll be there in a bit." The girl walked off and sighed. "Between you and me, ever since her biological older brother died, she's never been the same. He always protected her and now that he's gone, kids find it easy to pick on her. I chose you because, your profile says that you are kind, loving and very protective, I know this because it also says you have a sister back at home who you are with 24/7, so I thought it would be best if-"
"I take the roll of her brother, gotcha." He walked off and stood beside Cassandra. "You ready?" She sighed and looked to him sadly.
"As I'll ever be." She walked out without him and he followed after her. They got outside and the girl walked over to a bench and sat down.
"What are you doing?"
"Staying out of your hair, you most likely, just volunteered because you had to, and this is to get extra credit points for whatever field your going into, so I'll sit here and you can hang with your friends." Bulkhead stood in front of her and pulled her up so that she was standing, he was much taller than her so he had to back up a little.
"And who told you that was true."
"Everyone in there." She said pointing back to the building.
"And you believed them?" She nodded and looked to the ground, he pushed her chin up so that they were eye to eye. "I am not going to leave you, I came here to take care of you, and I will take care of you, there's no doubt about that. So whether you want to believe what those other kids say or you want to hang out with your new Big Brother, that's completely up to you." She stepped back and started to walk away.
"I'll let you be my older brother for now, but don't think I'll care." He smiled and walked up to her setting his hand on he shoulder.
"You know, I have a little sister back at home."
"Really? That's fascinating." She had heavy sarcasm imprinted into her voice and he rolled his eyes.
"She is greatly outgoing and has a random taste for heavy metal rock."
"I used to be outgoing, but then-" She stopped talking and turned her head away from him, no doubt trying to hide her tears. She pushed Bulkheads hand from her shoulder and ran away.
"Cassandra!" He ran after her, but she was quick and not to mention small so she could easily hide in smaller placed he couldn't see. "Come on Cassandra, you don't have to be shy." He stopped in mid walk and listened, for a few seconds there was silence, and then voices rang through the air. It sounded like kids taunting another kid. He thought back to what the woman said about people bullying her and he ran. Once he got to the area he saw kids about her age taunting her. He walked over to them and pushed his way in front of them and loomed over their smaller bodies. "You ever heard the term 'Back Off'." A boy in leather jacket, jeans and shoes walked up and smirked.
"Tons of times, but I back off. When I want to." His friends all smirked at he glowered at them.
"Well if you don't I can show you the pai-"
"Soldiers." They all looked up to see an angry man walking towards them. Who all the boys and Bulkhead knew to be Ultra Magnus.
"Crap we've been caught."
"I said we were doing an outside exercise, not a runaway routine! I would suggest getting back there, before I make you all drop and do twenty!" The boys looked to one another worriedly and slowly made their way back to where they had to be. "They didn't bother you much?" Bulk looked to Cassandra who was walking away.
"Not me, but her on the other hand." Magnus looked to the girl who was now slumped against a tree and drawing on a pad of paper. He nodded and walked away calmly, but if Bulkhead knew Ultra Magnus he knew that the boys were in a world of trouble. He walked over to Cassandra and tried to give the best smile he could. "That's a great drawing." He said looking to the base of a face and two eyes that seemed real.
"No it's not." She stuffed the pad of paper into her pack and got up. "Let's just go before those boys come back." she meandered away from her 'Big Brother' while looking to the ground.
"You shouldn't let the kids treat you like that, it will just fuel them."
"Let them get fueled, maybe when the've had enough the'll POP!" She used her hands to make an explosion gesture. He put his hand on her shoulder and flipped her around so that she could see him.
"Why don't I teach you some defensive moves, so that you can protect yourself and show the others that they can't mess with you."
"What good will that do, they'll just go harder on me and won't show mercy."
"It's not about beating them all the time, It's about showing them who you are and that you won't give up.
"I'll probably need backup, if I'm to beat them."
"Cassandra, I'm going to turn you into a wrecker."
"A what?"
"A wrecker never calls for back up, we call for clean up." She let a small barely noticeable smile form on her lips.
"I guess, but first you're going to have to tell me what a wrecker is."
"Only if you listen and promise not to just get up and walk away." she shrugged and started to walk.
"I want IceCream." he rolled his eyes and followed her to a small Ice Cream shop on campus.
Saturday: 01000 hours, Optimus Prime, Auditorium
Optimus walked through the large double doors that led to the even larger auditorium. There were quite a few students in there, sitting and talking to one another. He looked to his paper and it said that he was to give a lecture on leadership. He knew how to be a leader, and teaching one person would of been just fine, but here he had to tell all the people good leadership skills, how to maneuver around obstacles and how to well.. be a good leader. Once he reached the stairs that led to the stage a man dressed in all black came up to him.
"You may need this." The man handed him a small earpiece that had a mini microphone attached to it, and a cord ran down to some kind of small box. "it will make it so you're heard all over the auditorium. Optimus slipped it on and walked up the stair confidently, if there's one thing he was taught, it was that you never act nervous in any situation because someone could use that against you. As he went up to the podium he saw that no one was paying attention to him, they were all lost in conversation.
"Ahem." A few heads turned, but he could see that most everyone was still occupied.
"May I have your Attention." He said loudly and calmly making everyone turn to face him. "I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots, as well as a fellow student. I will be giving a speech about leader ship today." He looked around to see all the adults leaning back in their seats. "Who here has come willingly?" A few hands raised, "Who here had come because it is required?" Everyone else's hands in the place raised. He kept his solid expression which made a few students whisper. "It is by my understanding that you all are here to learn about leadership skills." Some people whispered among themselves for a few seconds before turning back to him. He was surprisingly nervous, but then again, whenever he had talked to his team it had been a planned speech, or at the least he knew what he was going to say. "If you are wanting to become a leader, then you need to know the basics. Respect, Compassion, Patience."
"And tell me Prime, how do you show all three."
"You tell me." The man looked to him confused. "Let us say you are a firefighter, and you have been called on duty to a burning, two story house. Once you get there, there is a woman saying her baby is still inside. What will you do? how will you show respect, compassion, and patience?" The man thought for a moment before,replying cockily.
"First I would tell the woman that her baby is safe, then I would rush into the building and save it, after I saved the baby I would hand it back to the mother and be done."
"I see that you have no Respect, Compassion, or Patience." The man glared at him and Optimus still kept his solid expression. "First you would walk up to the woman and ask her where her youngling is located, that would be one way to show compassion, towards the mother, respect towards her child, and patience which is smart, because it will probably be hard for her to talk between the crying. Next you would cautiously walk into the burning building, making sure that it is safe enough to maneuver around objects. Again that is Respect and compassionate, showing the mother you are not being reckless and patient, knowing that you must know your surroundings or you can die. Then you would proceed to where the baby was located, you would grab the child and carefully make your way out of the house."
"And what if the baby is dead!?" A woman in the far back asked, he looked to her and saw that it was the girl who had been looking for Arcee, he looked next to her and saw that Arcee was with her this time.
"You would still grab the child." A few curious talks went around. "You would grab the child so at the least it could have a proper burial, and the parents knew that you tried your best." He looked to the man again and raised a brow. "Do you understand me now?"
"Yes." he replied slumping into his seat.
"Now also as a leader, though it may depend on which leadership field you are going into, you should know how to fight in cases of emergencies." he looked to Arcee and smiled. "Arcee would you mind helping me demonstrate." he saw her friends nudge her and she got up. Once she was beside him he set a hand on her shoulder. "Arcee here, is a 'very' good friend of mine and she knows how to fight, so I am asking her to help demonstrate a classic maneuver." He faced her and covered the mic. "You alright with this."
"Perfectly fine, I've been wanting to get some fighting in."
"I'll go easy on you."
"Ha! Don't bother, I'm going to whoop your tail." The man who had given him the microphone brought out a small human size inflatable pad that would cushion the falls. Arcee started off by grabbing his arm and pulling it behind him tightly, all the others who were there leaned in and watched intently. As she went to pull his other arm Optimus used his caught arm to flip her over himself and made her land onto the cushion, she got up and swiped her feet under his legs making him fall down. gasps and oohs could be heard all over the auditorium. Before she could hit he jumped up, grabbed her arms and tucked them behind her back. She struggled to get loose but was lost in his grip. Once he let go she walked off the stage and back to her sorority sisters, while everyone clapped.
"So Optimus, if your fighting do you show Respect, Compassion and Patients?" the man smiled cockily this time.
"Respect, as much as you think the person deserves." The man rolled his eyes at him. "Compassion, maybe not so much, but you should still have it to show you are the better person. And Patients, is a must, sometimes to throw your attacker off guard you have to patently wait for the opportunity to strike."
"You wanna know what, I don't think your a leader, I think they just pulled you from the street and pushed you into talking to us.. I'm out." The man got up from his seat and walked out of the auditorium with an unhappy Acree trailing behind him. Optimus turned his gaze away from the man and started to talk to the remaining crowd. He had to admit it was nice not just sitting around and doing nothing, this made him forget how homesick and nervous he had been.
As he talked more he noticed Arcee walking in through the doors with satisfied smirky smile plastered on her face.
Oy Vey, I'm glad that's all written.
You shall know what happens to Arcee and the man when I finish writing that chap. but for now you must wait. *rubs hands together evilly*. I hope you liked this chap, although it was tougher to write it was FUN!
Sorry if it seems that the Autobots are getting it easy, but this is how rivalries are started, right. and plus I have the Decepticons still to come.
Please Review, Contructive Critisism Welcomed, if needed. I am taking ideas on future chapters and OC's. Although I do have one project for anyone who wants to take it. The Alpha teams leader has, if you wanna call her, a SIC. She is clutsy and gullible (to put it into nicer terms). I was wondering if any of you could make an OC out of her. If you could that would be great, one reason is because I have so many other OC's I don't want to cross any from other stories of mine.
Thanks to all who have read, favorited, followed and reviewed my story.